The global smartphone market has seen a continuous decline for nine consecutive quarters, with only the foldable phone category remaining resilient an...
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Next year, Huawei and Samsung plan to introduce more competitively priced foldable phones, and other Android manufacturers are expected to follow suit, driving accelerated expansion in the foldable phone market.
Recent reports from industry insiders suggest that Huawei’s development of a triple-foldable screen phone is progressing smoothly and may be ready for launch before March next year. It’s expected that two triple-foldable screen phones will be introduced in 2024.
Supply chain sources have also revealed that Samsung is planning to bring foldable phones to the mid-range market next year, further reducing price barriers and making foldable phones more accessible to a broader range of consumers.
dude someone shut the mbas down. we have reached saturation, move on. god forbid anything be made for a decent wage, sold for a decent price without some god damn qtr over qtr profit increase you fucking fucktards.
I'm sure, there's going to be tech enthusiasts who will love it, but as a techie, I'm just imagining all the glitches and whatnot that hastily-made, non-standard Android modifications will cause on each of these manufacturers' phones.
Or even just something like unfolding your phone, the app realizing that the screen size changed and it just forgetting the current UI state, because well, need to redraw the UI. Android's UI framework has a talent for that, although I don't know if that's generally fixed by now.
My issues start at durability. Plastic screen? Less dust and water resistance? That's a big no from me before we even get to the software. The technology is impressive, but it still feels like you're compromising a lot for a gimmick.
So me not wanting to upgrade my pixel 6a to a pixel 8 because it works just fine is a problem for the global Smartphone economy? Fuck these guys. I want hardware that lasts and doesn't end up in a landfill. I don't give a shit if these executives can't buy a third yacht or another tennis court in their back yard, I'm going to stick with what works. The hypocrisy of these kinds of articles is disgusting at best and immoral at worst.
Smartphones are so big nowadays I'd be down to using a flip phone instead, if only they weren't still so damn expensive. I like that form factor and the foldable screen technology seems pretty mature by now. Also, closing the phone to end a call will never not be cool.
I had the 2nd gen z flip and ran into durability issues. About a year in the screen started developing stress fractures along the crease. Honestly it is a solid tank aside from that though. Threw that bad boy all over the place.
Ironically, they might enjoy selling you batteries if they can't sell you on an entirely new phone.
I wonder how long it will take them to think up another scheme of selling you something extra, too. Perhaps we'll see a resurgence of those "modular" models that could take pluggable parts.
This is why completely closed technical ecosystems are bad, they eventually reach saturation.
It definitely can, IF the prices become affordable and they ALL get a large, square outer display.
Those round displays are useless and take away the benefit of the folding screen - the ability to check and respond without opening the phone.
They also need a headphone jack, especially if they plan to price them affordably. This small sized device is the ideal form factor for a headphone jack because it would be an iPod in your pocket or on your desk. It just suits the form factor perfectly.